Chapter 1 Part 2:
Terra sighed as she looked around on the many shelves and many items. Belch powder, blood capsules, blue mouth candy, edible napkins, bug ice cubes, exploding candy, exploding pens, fake cola drinks, fishy candy, foaming sugar, itch powder, sneezing powder, snake in a nut can, whoopie cushions, garlic bubble gum, and so much more. Terra picked up random items, reading labels, testing some out and throwing some back where they came from. This shop was fairly new and Terra hadn't been here before. She wasn't sure if Beast Boy had either. Man, he could have some fun in here.
Starfire was busy dodging flying snakes and trying to stay out of the way of teens running after each other. She did however look at things, one item caught her eye and Starfire went over and pushed a big red button. A loud farting noise came from a speaker and she turned bright red. "Um... oops..."
"Wish I knew," Robin said as his masked eyes darted around in nearly every direction. On one side was a really smelly place, not bad smell, perfume smell. It had lotions and stuff too. Maybe Starfire would like something of that sort? His eyes darted over to a place that looked all set for Valentine's Day, chocolate boxes, roses and flowers, all over. He sighed. Where to begin?
"I am going to warn you now-" Beast Boy started when he saw Robin look at some girl store. "-no way am I going into no girly store. You're on your own if you're going in there." He laughed.
"Thanks," Robin said sarcastically. "Knew I could always count on you." Though, he really didn't blame Beast Boy. It's not like Robin wanted to go in there. If it was for Starfire though, he'd do it.
Terra cracked up. "Dude! Beast Boy would have some fun with that!" she laughed. Just then another snake came by, only this time hit Terra in the head. She shook her head and glared at the kid. "Watch it!" she said, throwing the snake at him.
"Sorry," he said shyly as he caught the snake.
Terra glanced over his shoulder, her eyes laying on a package of some sort. Her mouth dropped slightly and her eyes widened. "Hey…" she said, walking over. It was a deluxe pranking package with nearly EVERY prank object in the store. AND IT WAS ON SALE! She stared. This would be Beast Boy Heaven. Perfect.
Starfire looked over Terra's shoulder in attempt to see what she had found. "Please friend, inform me what it is that you find of interest?"
"Super deluxe prank package!" Terra said in awe as she swiped it off the shelf to nearly shove under Starfire's nose. "It has EVERYTHING!" she practically yelled, her eyes zooming from left to right as she read down a list on the back. "And it comes with a gift card for refills!" She pulled it back, nearly hugging it. If she liked it, Beast Boy was sure to love it! I hope, she thought. "C'mon!" Terra started to the counter wondering if Titan discounts worked here.
"Your welcome," Beast Boy laughed then caught sight of a store he wouldn't mind checking out. "Got anything in mind yet?" He asked Robin, well duh. Who else would he be asking?
Robin sighed in a very reluctant way. "I think I'll try… perfumes and lotions for Star… maybe the classic chocolates and flowers too," he said. Okay, so he hated the girly smelly sections as much as the next guy… but it was for Starfire.
Beast Boy made gagging sounds as if the very word of the stuff was killing him. "Like I stated before... you're on your own dude," he reminded.
Starfire giggled at Terra's reaction. Not minding that she nearly had to get a new nose job from having hers near broken with Terra shoving the package up her nose. She fallowed her excited blonde friend to the counter; she still had nothing in mind for Robin!
Terra paid for the package happily. Okay, that was that. Now what if she found something else? Eh, she still had more money. She'd gotten an extra discount for being a Titan, so it came pretty cheap for how much stuff it had. She headed back out of the store, carrying a bag with her. "Okay," she said. "Next stop-" she remembered they still hadn't thought of anything for Robin. "Er… let's just a look around first," she said.
Starfire nodded in agreement. She didn't have any high hopes of finding anything she would think suitable for Robin. It was funny that no matter how long she had lived with him she didn't know what he liked! In a way that really annoyed her. "Perhaps we will find more on the second floor?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know," he said with a grimace. "Come anything for Terra yet?" he asked his green friend.
Beast Boy shrugged, "I pretty much know what I'm getting her." He looked around at the other stores, considering a few but knowing where his main stop would be.
"What're you getting her?" Robin asked. He was curious, though part of had a feeling Beast Boy wouldn't tell.
"Let's check it out," Terra said, heading to the escalator. There had to be something in this place for Robin. It was huge.
Starfire nodded once more in agreement then walked beside Terra, though when at the moving steps she went cautiously after the blonde teen.
Beast Boy glanced at Robin "why would I tell you?" he laughed then walked on a little ways, "let me know when you're done in the girly sections... if you make it out alive." he laughed once more.
Robin sighed. "Okay, well you know what you want to get Terra; I know what I'm getting Starfire, so let's just meet up here when we're done buying whatever we're buying," he said. They were at a little section of the store where the floor forked into three directions: One left, one right, and one straight ahead. Robin noted that he had to turn right… where all the perfumes and what not would be. Oh... fun…
"Kay, catch you later. Oh and Robin, have fun in the make up sections." Beast Boy laughed then jogged the best he could towards the music store.
Terra jumped the last step onto the landing of the second floor. Those were so much fun. She'd always wanted to try running up the down escalator and down the up one. That looked fun. She looked around while she waited for Starfire.
Starfire took longer then Terra, but then a few people had pushed their way between the two girls as well. Star looked around the second floor. One section looked to her interest! Girly stuff, lots of pink and purple. Though she kept telling herself she was here for Robin she didn't think it would hurt to peek into those stores real quick. "Terra, maybe perhaps we could do the peeking in stores over there?" she pointed to the girly looking stores. Highly doubting the tom boy Terra would want to though.
Robin stared after Beast Boy, glaring at him. I should make him go through extra practice for this, he thought in a mostly joking way as he turned left to the more… feminine section of the store. He soon enough found the perfumes and lotions. It wasn't that hard… the smell was strong. He turned to head for the perfumes, but gagged and almost immediately turned away for the lotion. That stuff was too strong... and all the girls spraying testers around really didn't help the matter.
Beast boy ran his finger over the countless CDs that painted the wall of the small music store. He was looking for a certain CD he was sure Terra would like, being the hard rock type.
Terra looked over and her eye nearly twitched. So much… pink… As much as she enjoyed hanging out with Starfire, she didn't like those sections. "Uhh… how about you go over there, and I kinda wanted to check out some CDs," she grinned sheepishly. Okay, so maybe she'd hadn't come here entirely for Beast Boy. She enjoyed checking out shops too. But mostly for Beast Boy.
"Oh okay then," Starfire didn't mind and she quickly walked into the girly store. Other lined the same side of the mall but this was first to catch her attention.
Robin had been opening and closing bottles, testing some on this little tester papers. Okay… there were WAY too many to choose! What would Starfire like? There were some that okay; some just smelled plain weird, while others he wondered who on earth would wear. There was a select few he had to admit smelled good for being girly stuff. He set about a twelfth bottle down and continued looking.
Terra walked into the music store as Starfire left for the girly stores. She looked around a grin on her face. She loved it here. Walking towards the rock section, her eyes were already scanning around everything. She found one of the little head phone things that let you scan a CD and listen to thirty second clips. She smiled and picked up a CD that looked pretty good. She scanned it and almost instantly a hard rock song came on.
Beast Boy stopped his walking and looked over the wall of CD's. This mall had nearly every single rock CD you could think of. The store next door had more of the dance and what not. This was mostly rock, what Terra liked best. His finger curled under the changeling's mouth as he considered every other CD. Though not looking over them all because that would take too long. Unaware of the certain blonde that also happened to be in the store Beast Boy walked a little ways more.
Starfire was giggling to herself over the smells. The really weird ones reminded her of home, but she liked the others as well. So far she had only found one she disliked, it reminded her of a chewed up glorg. But other then that Starfire was having more then fun sniffing all the different perfumes.
Terra absentmindedly started bobbing her head up and down along with the beat of the song. It started out kinda slow, but then became harder and she was nearly dancing to it. She pulled up another CD, reading the song names off. This one looked good too. She scanned it under the little scanner and the song she was listening to automatically switched silence. Then second later music started back up again. She dropped the CD on accident, making a clattering noise. She hurriedly swooped down to pick it up and set it back in its place.
Robin opened a bottle and smelled the lotion content inside. His face cringed. Okay, that just smelled... bad. He opened another. It smelled… weird… but in a good way. He set it back down and looked around with the most pathetically dumbfounded, lost and confused look you'll ever see on a guys face.
Beast Boy without noticing was actually getting closer to Terra. His eyes where glued to the CD's as he walked down the small little run way. Looking for that one he had seen a week or so ago that he was hoping to find again. He knew Terra would like it, but where the heck was it?
A lady with blonde hair up in a bun walked over to Robin. "Hello, can I help you?" she asked with a smile over her make up covered face. She had a pink skirt that went past her knees and a pink vest over the white blouse.
Terra was head banging to another kinda hard song, but less so then the last. Her eyes were closed as she moved around unconsciously to the music. When she opened her eyes to pick out anew CD, she looked over and caught sight of… Beast Boy? Her eyes widened and she ripped the head phones off her head and grabbed the bag she got from the joke shop. She hurriedly went over to the counter and threw the bag behind it.
"What do you think you're doing?" the cashier questioned in a surprised voice.
Terra pulled out her communicator. "I'm with the Titans, watch that for me. And don't break anything," she said, putting her communicator back. She moved back over to the little contraption with the head phones. She put the head phones back on and pretended she hadn't realized Beast Boy, and continued browsing through the CDs.
"GAH!" Robin yelped in surprise, and nearly dropped the bottle of lotion. He struggled to catch it, but caught it none the less. When he caught sight of the woman, he quickly set it back on the shelf. "Uhh… no… I think I've got it covered," he said.
Beast Boy mumbled the titles of the CDs as he passed them, looking irritated he couldn't find the one he wanted. He looked ahead to see if he was maybe missing something when he spotted Terra no more then a few feet away. "Terra!" the green elf yelped as he jumped back a little from surprise.
The lady whose name tag read "Nelly" smiled, "Are you sure Hun? From what I've seen you look pretty lost."
Terra looked up, looking just as surprised, though she wasn't. "Beast Boy?" she asked, pulling the head phones down to rest around her neck. "Oh, hi! I didn't see you there," she said. "Uhh… what're you doing here?" she asked nervously. By 'here' she meant 'the mall', not just this section of the mall. She was seriously hoping he didn't see her go into the joke shop.
Robin became a little less tense. "Well… I uhh… kinda am…" he admitted. Okay, he was completely lost! As lost as a blindfolded five year old in the middle of nowhere! He had no idea what to get! Some things smelled the same but had completely different labels; some had similar names but smelled completely different! What was up with that?
"I was just umm..." Beast boy looked around. "Just uhh... looking around. Yeah um. Bye!" He bolted towards the door then caught sight of what he was meaning to get sitting on a shelf. He snatched it up quickly then snuck over to the counter to buy it without Terra seeing, or so he hoped.
"Well then maybe I can help you," Nelly said, still smiling. "What are you looking for?"
Terra just stared confusedly at the spot he'd been standing. "Uh… bye?" she said to the thin air. That was… weird. She shook her head and shrugged it off, turning back to the CDs.
Robin's eye twitched. "Uh…" he started. "Well, I uhh…" he pulled at his collar nervously as he nearly broke down in a nervous sweat. "I was just… here for… umm…" he opened his mouth to continue but found he couldn't. "See- I uhh kinda- er…"
Beast Boy bought the CD and smiled proudly to himself as he left the store as he read the label that said in bold lettering 'Monster Ballads'. Haha! Stage one complete! Now for stage two! He thought to himself.
Nelly almost giggled. She had seen plenty of boys come in here like that before, "So what's this girl like?" she asked, knowing what he was here for. It was obvious.
That was a major weight off Robin's shoulders. But he realized he didn't know how to answer her question. "Uhh… that's the problem…" he muttered. "I'm not really sure," he admitted.
Terra glanced up from the CD to see Beast Boy was gone. She pulled the head phones off again and nearly ran to the counter. "Can I have my bag back?" she asked. The cashier handed the bag to her and Terra ran off. She had to tell Star that Beast Boy was here. What if Robin was here too?
Nelly pressed her finger to her lips and thought for a moment "Well then young man, what does she look like?"
Starfire picked up a lotion and held it to her nose, taking a brief sniff before putting it back. Okay, first lotion she didn't like
"Well…" Robin started in a soft caring voice. "She's tall, with long flaming bright red hair, and big sparkling green eyes…" Robin didn't even need to think about this. He had Starfire's image practically burned into his mind. "She's almost always smiling… she has a really pretty smile," his own small smile spread across his face at the very thought. He finally realized what he was saying and immediately turned red in the face.
Nelly listened interested. She had a good idea who he might be talking about since rumors did go around who the boy wonder had a crush on. "Mmm, I think I might know a few things for her," Nelly smiled. "What are you interested in getting for her? Perfume? Lotion? Make up?"
Robin gave her a questioning look, but shook it off. "Yeah, I was thinking more lotions and perfumes," he said. In his opinion, Starfire didn't need make up. She was beautiful without it. She had natural beauty and she didn't need artificial beauty to replace it.
Nelly nodded then pulled a few lotions from a near by shelf. "Well, I can suggest-" she started getting into a ton of different smells. Before then going into maybe perfumes that might suet her.
Robin nodded, trying to keep track of all the different names and brands of lotions and perfumes. After saying "Thanks" Robin looked around again for the kinds Nelly had mentioned. As he looked over, his eyes fell on… Starfire. Oh… this wasn't good.
"Good luck," Nelly called after Robin before walking over to help another costumer.
Starfire grabbed the next lotion bottle and opened it before taking a sniff. It wasn't too bad smelling, but not the greatest.
"Okay, stay calm," Robin said to himself. He didn't know how long Starfire would be there, and he needed to get what he came for and get out. What ones had Nelly mentioned? Oh yeah! The Boy Wonder pulled down a few of the bottles of lotion she had listed. That was good for lotion! He nearly ran from the lotion area, keeping a watchful eye on Starfire. Once far enough he headed over to the little area of perfumes. He stopped right outside of the range of toxic smells. …Okay, so they weren't that bad… maybe. He sighed, taking in one last breath of fresh air before taking a step closer. Almost instantly the smell of strong and not good smelling perfume filled his lungs. He coughed and attempted wafting the smell away. Not helping. He looked around a little, hardly able to stand the smell. He finally stumbled upon the perfumes that Nelly had also listed. He grinned and pulled a few off the shelves, reading over the labels again to make sure he had the right ones, then he practically bolted out of there as if being chased by some kind of man eating monster. He breathed in deep gasps of fresh air. Now to pay.
The small assortment of perfumes and lotions Robin held in his arms didn't cost too much. They were wrapped in tissue paper and placed neatly in a bag for him. Okay, the cashier's smile was a bit perky. A bit too perky. Starfire could pull that off… the cashier couldn't.
Terra was standing outside the section of the girly department with all the pink and perfume and lotion, eye near twitching point. The bag from the prank store hung limply in her hand as she took a cautious step forward as though she thought something might jump out and bite her head off any minute. Her face cringed with every step she took. She wandered around for a few minutes, completely lost. When she finally saw Starfire, she dashed over, taking in a deep breath. Mistake! She started coughing at the strong smell of some perfume that was way too strong. She finally made it over to Starfire. "Starfire," she said. "We have a problem."
Starfire looked over at Terra and smiled at first, ready to tell her all the interesting items she saw here. But when Terra mentioned a problem her smile fell. "What is it?" she put the bottle of lotion back on the shelf she had been sniffing only a second ago.
Beast Boy's eye slowly twitched as he looked in the window of a V-day shop. This shop changed for every season or holiday. It was cool but... he didn't do this sort of thing really. It was almost like walking down a Barbie aisle for him, and that was bad. Maybe I can find chocolate some where else... The teen thought before turning away and heading for the candy aisle. But... that was on the first floor. And he had to meet back up with Robin first. With a sigh Beast boy walked over to where they were supposed to meet up, though keeping a eye out for Terra. What if Starfire was here too? What if they met up with both girls! What if Cyborg was really taping them struggling with this whole thing and laughing his butt off! Okay actually he didn't doubt any of those but the Cyborg one was probably less likely.
"I kind of… umm… saw… Beast Boy a little while ago," Terra told Starfire.
Robin came up to the spot he and Beast Boy were supposed to meet. "Did you get what you needed?" he asked Beast Boy. Robin felt really weird now… carrying a bag of lotion and perfume. That was just weird to him.
"Did he see the gift? Or was he perhaps alone or maybe you did not catch his or eye or maybe he was getting you a gift?" Starfire asked all at once.
"Hey Robin-" Beast Boy looked down at the pink bag the stuff was wrapped in "-get what you need for your beauty care?" he joked then laughed to himself. "Yeah I got some of what I need; I need one more thing though."
"He didn't see it," Terra answered. "He was alone, and he did see me," she added. "I dunno what he was doing, but what if the rest of the team is here too?" she asked.
Robin gave Beast Boy another look that said he was ready to hit Beast Boy over the head again. "Well, what do you need?" he asked, choosing to ignore the comment.
Starfire thought about it for a minute. "Then perhaps we should leave before we are seen..." She said quietly. she could always find something for Robin later... She had today to do it.
Beast Boy had a laughing face at Robin, if Cyborg saw this it would be twice as bad for the boy wonder. "Not your business," He told Robin though not in a mean way. More of a 'too embarrassed to really talk about this stuff' sort of way.
Terra thought about it for a moment. She wasn't sure… should they stay and keep looking? Or leave and come back later or look somewhere else? "Well…" she started. "Maybe we can risk a little bit more time," she suggested.
Robin sighed. "You're hopeless," he joked. "Well, hurry up and get what you came for. Remember, the girls are here," he reminded. He didn't feel like running into Starfire and explaining why he was carrying a pink bag with lotion and perfume in it. He still had to get her flowers too. Maybe something else.
"Yeah I know, I met up with Terra." Beast Boy said before taking a quick glance around then running over to the escalator.
Starfire nodded "then let us be on our way!"
"Meet back here when you're done!" Robin called after Beast Boy. He turned to look at the shop that changed for every holiday. If he could live through the perfumes and lotions, he could live through anything. Almost. He sighed before heading into the shop to look around.
Terra nodded before heading out of the girly store again and back to the main area of the mall where stores and shops were lined. She looked around a little, pondering on what they could possibly get for Robin.
"Yeah, yeah," Beast Boy gave Robin a lazy wave before going out of sight. He slowly made his way towards the chocolate shop. Man... every other time he wouldn't mind going here. But today he felt shy about it. Girls... they did some weird things to a dude.
Starfire walked beside Terra, one arm stretched over her waist and her elbow resting on it. Her head was slightly bowed in thinking while he finger pressed tightly to her lips. She honestly was lost in this whole thing.
Robin walked around the shop, lost once more. Roses, tulips, carnations, daisies, so many more! What kind of flowers did Starfire like? Did she like flowers at all? Roses were the typical type of flower on Valentine's Day, right? But what color? There were red, there were pink, there were white! He smacked his forehead and dragged his hand down his face. This was serious torture. Maybe he should start with the box of chocolates. He looked over the boxes. Some were circular, some were square or rectangular, others were heart. Some were dark chocolate, some were milk chocolate, some were chocolate with nuts! Then there were the boxes of assorted fillings! The Boy Wonder had never thought chocolate and flowers could get so confusing.
Terra looked around, a near hopeless look on her face. This was nearing impossible. Why couldn't Robin just be east to buy for? Maybe cologne would do… When would Robin, the 'Boy Wonder', ever use cologne? Terra thought to herself.
Beast Boy looked at all the chocolates and candies. Think, Terra... she likes... umm... everything... He thought as his eyes scanned everything in sight. Terra would eat about anything but he wanted to get her something special... BUT WHAT? Why was he taking so much time on this trip? Every now and then he would get her something but today he was all messed up. Figures. Beast Boy caught sight of something on the shelf and smiled brightly before taking the silver heart box of lots of different types of candy. Aha! Perfect! It was even a cute mock model of his very first gift to her.
Robin finally just pulled a total Beast Boy move and did 'eeny meeny miny moe' between the different kinds of chocolate. His finger stopped on the box of assorted chocolates. He hesitated before doing 'eeny meeny miny moe' between the different boxes. His finger stopped on a red square shaped box with a nice little ribbon on it. He pulled the box down and then started through the flowers. There was a bouquet of different kinds of flowers, all different colors. Robin once again slightly hesitated before picking it up and carrying the two items to the counter where a very tired looking cashier stood. "Uhh… do you guys do… deliveries?" Robin asked. He really didn't feel like carrying flowers and candy around as well as a pink bag.
The cashier stifled a yawn as she listened to Robin. "Yeah, it's a little extra money, but we do it," she said in a voice that said she wanted nothing more then to be out of here.
"Okay, well could you deliver these to Titans Tower tomorrow?" he asked. He pulled out some money and laid it on the counter.
The girl lazily took it and the flowers and candy and told him that they would have the items at Titans Tower by 8:00 AM tomorrow. Robin nodded and walked out of the store, glad that was over with. Now he just had to be sure to beat the other five teens to the door tomorrow.
Beast Boy bought the candy and had it double bagged before dashing out of the store as fast as his green legs could carry him. He had pulled a few fancy moves, morphing into a dog with the bag in his mouth to dodge people a few times. But hey, he was making good time to Robin and his meeting spot.
Robin stopped at the meeting spot, his masked eyes scanning the area for the girls. He still didn't want to be caught by them. And it would kind of look suspicious. Him standing here, holding a pink bag and waiting for someone. Suspicious? Only a little.
Terra scratched her head, absolutely stumped. Well… this sure was… difficult.
Beast Boy was looking around while he walked, keeping an eye out for Terra and or Starfire... or worse... Cyborg or Raven. He kept walking till he felt himself bump into someone else "Ow! Watch it- Oh hey Robin!" Beast Boy rubbed his cheek where he had rammed into Robins shoulder.
Robin spun around when he felt someone crash into him, automatically expecting the worst. "Oh, Beast Boy," he said in relief. He had thought it was either Starfire or Cyborg. "So did you get what you needed? Can we leave now?" he asked in a bit of rush. So, he didn't want to be caught here by one of the other Titans. It would be seriously hard for him to explain.
"Yeah, I'm ready when you are." Beast Boy nodded then looked around for the girls or sir tease-a-lot, AKA Cyborg.
"Yeah, let's go," Robin said with no hesitation before glancing around as he started back to the escalator that would take them downstairs. Then all they had to do was get to the front doors, and leave. Then they'd be fine. So long as the girls didn't see them, they'd be fine.
Beast Boy fallowed closely behind Robin, looking around every five minutes as if expecting something to pop up and bite his head off. "So, how are you going to explain the pink bag to Cyborg?" He grinned at the thought of Robin getting teased while he made a dead break for his room.
"I don't intend to," Robin said as he stepped off the escalator and onto the first floor. He was already running ways to get to his room without bumping into Cyborg. He was hoping to God they would work. He scanned the area but couldn't see the girls. Hopefully it stayed that way.
"Aww, c'mon, I need someone to keep Cy busy while I escape to my room." Beast Boy laughed before running ahead of Robin.
Robin ran after him, calling, "You need someone to keep him busy? Who's the one with the pink bag?" to him. Robin sighed a sigh of relief as they burst through the front doors minutes later. They were finally free from that oh so painful trip!
Tianimalz here again! can call me Tia if you want. (easier to typ XD). Okay we are working on the next chapter as fast as we can. Sorry this wont be done by Vday, we tried but it is hard to get a fic plotted and writen in a week XDD.
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